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Cricket Show 287: Competition Winner

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This week's winner of the Cricket Show podcast question competition is Wilson. He wins a free coaching course from PitchVision Academy.

The winning question was,

"I want to know when to bowl variations during an over."

Listen to the panels answer to his question here.

CRICKET JOBS: Groundsperson - Warwickshire CCC (UK)

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Closing date: 19th December 2014

Job Title: Groundsperson

Reporting to: Head Groundsman

Hours: 40 per week with flexible approach as weekend work will be essential throughout the summer.

Salary: From £16,000 per annum (dependent upon experience) plus lieu hours

CRICKET JOBS: Coach - Essex Autogroup Graham Gooch Cricket Centre (UK)

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Closing date: undisclosed

Job Title: Coach at Essex Autogroup Graham Gooch Cricket Centre 

CRICKET JOBS: Finance Assistance, Part Time - Northants CCC (UK)

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Closing date: undisclosed

10.00am to 2.00pm Monday to Friday

20 hours a week.

Make Cricket Practice Constructive with this Boxing Drill

This is a guest article from Matt Thompson, Cricket Performance Director at Cardiff Metropolitan University. For more of Matt's work, find him on twitter and read his blog.

Picture the scene. It's time for training. You, as a batsman, have your regular opportunity for a constructive practice session with your coach or fellow team mates. Before you put your pads on, consider what does constructive actually mean? What does it look like for you?

Too many times at club, academy and university level, "constructive" takes the form of the batsman playing a glorious array of inappropriate shots without a game context in mind, inevitably squandering their wicket on a host of occasions.

I would be lying if I said I’ve never had one of these before myself as a player!

That is not constructive. So what is? Following on from David's article on having clear goals at open nets, here is one example of what "constructive" looks like.

PV/VIDEO Weekly Highlights: Pressure? What Pressure?

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Welcome to the PV/VIDEO Digest, your highlights summary of the weeks best videos from PitchVision Interactive

You can share these videos by email or onto facebook, and post your comments right here: From serious analysis to Friday fun. Here are the top videos uploaded from PitchVision systems around the world this week.

CRICKET JOBS: County Age Group Managers - Herts CB (UK)

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Hertfordshire Cricket Limited (HCL) is looking to recruit Team Managers for the County Age Group boys squads for Summer 2015.

CRICKET JOBS: Function Co-ordinator - Cricket Tasmania (Aus)

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Closing date: 12th December 2014

Located on the picturesque eastern shores of the Derwent River Blundstone Arena, Bellerive is the home of Cricket Tasmania. The venue is host to national and international cricket and AFL matches as well as a range of sporting, corporate and social events in its impressive function centre.

Cricket Show S5 Episode 44: When to Bowl Variations

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The headlines are often grabbed by bowler's with great variations, yet it's easy to get confused about when to best use the variations you have, be they bouncer, yorker, arm ball or googly. Mark Garaway, Sam Lavery and David Hinchliffe discuss the details of this on the show.

Plus, there are discussions on "playing blind", dealing with recurring injury and if there is an off position on the genius switch.

Download, plug in and listen up!

CRICKET JOBS: Part Time Groundsman - Derby Grammar School (UK)

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Closing date: undisclosed

We are looking to appoint a part time groundsman to prepare and maintain the school cricket square, to include pre season rolling from March each year to post season top dressing in August/September.